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| Issuer | Bank of Thailand |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | รัฐบาลไทย ธนบัตรเป็นเงินที่ชําระหนี้ได้ตามกฎหมาย ยี่สิบบาท ๒๐ 20 (Translation: Government of Thailand This note is legal tender for Twenty Baht 20) |
| Reverse description | Green intaglio print over a yellowish-orange guilloche underprint. Half-length portraits of King Rama I and King Rama II face slightly right, with a vignette of the Grand Palace positioned to the lower left of Rama I and a reproduction of a Thai mural illustrating a scene from the Panji tales to the lower right of Rama II. A Trishula-in-Chakra device appears at the upper right, while EURion constellation elements are distributed in the upper left corner and along both the lower left and lower right edges. |
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Series 17 marks the transition from Rama IX to Rama X following the death of Bhumibol Adulyadej in October 2016 — the first change of monarch depicted on Thai banknotes in seven decades. The 20 baht denomination has been printed domestically by the Bank of Thailand Note Printing Works since the facility opened, and this issue continues that unbroken run. Thailand is one of relatively few countries where the central bank operates its own intaglio-capable security printing facility entirely within its borders.
The EURion constellation inclusion reflects Thailand's alignment with international anti-counterfeiting standards adopted widely after 2002.